IDENTIFICATION OF LANOSTANES AND THEIR POSSIBLY GEOCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE IN BIYANG DEPRESSION

In the study, a series of C_(30)-C_(32) lanostane homologs have been identified from Eogene source rocks and crude oils of Biyang depression in Henan Province, China. Based upon the geochemical investigations and simulating experiments, the idea that the generation of lanostane may mainly be related to the specific original organic inputs and low maturity has been proposed.     

A New Bibenzyl Derivative from Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata (Thunb.) Reichb. f. is a perennial herb growing abundantly in Henan, Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces of China. Many compounds have been found previously in this plant1. We report here the isolation and structural elucidation of a new bibenzyl derivative, compound 1 from the EtOAc extraction of roots of B. striata. The MeOH extract of the crushed herb was partitioned with petroleum ether, EtOAc and n-BuOH successively. The EtOAc fraction was fractionated by sili…     

Two New ent—Kaurane Diterpenoids from Isodon japonica

Two new ent-kauranoids,named maoyecrystals A (1) and B(2),were isolated from the EtOAc extract of the dried leaves of Isodon japonica (Burman f.) Hara collected in Tongbai mountains ,Henan Province,Their structures were determined on the basis of spectral data,especially by 2D NMR.     

Line scanning analysis of the component of Ru Porcelain by micro energy disperse X-ray fluorescence probe

The Ru kiln is one of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty in China, and it is said that the Ru Porcelain is the chief of the five. As the Ru Porcelain was produced for a short time in history, no other than approximately 20 a, and exclusively fired only for the royalty, the remains are rather rare, with the total number falling short of one hundred pieces all over the world excluding the ones excavated in Qingliang Temple, Baofeng County, Henan Province. Especially, the celadon of …     

The Discovery and Geological Feature of Kyanite-Topazite in High-Pressure Belt From Central China

For the first time, we find kyanite-topazite which is similar to the white schist from abroad, in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan of China. Because of intercontinental obduction and collision, the kyanite-topazite is formed from the superhigh-pressure metamorphism of sedimentary rock in continental crust, at the depth of mantle. Kyanite-topazite runs parallel to blue schist, eclogite and constitutes the high-pressure metamorphic belt in Central China. Its original rocks are a set of sedimentary rock series which is mainly composed of marginal shallow marine facies to continental facies pelitic to magnesium carbonatite, both rocks exist in Precambrian Middle-Upper Proterozoic metamorphic strata.     

MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN FETAL LUNG FIBROBLASTS INDUCED BY NITROSAMINE COMPOUNDS IN VITRO

This report, for the first time, demonstrates that diethyl-nitrosamine (NDEA) and a new nitrosamine compound-N-l-methylacetonyl-N-3-methylbutyl-nitrosamine (MAMBNA), which are suspicious carcinogens of esophageal cancer (EC) in Linxian, Henan Province, are able to cause the malignant transformation (altered morphology, extended life span, anchorage independent growth, invasiveness, tumorigenicity, etc.) of normal diploid fibroblasts derived from human fetal lung. Besides, the preselection for clonogenic cells, which seem to be more readily to be transformed, in soft agar before carcinogen treatment, could be considered as one of the useful ways in establishment of a model system of malignant transformation of human fibroblasts in vitro.     

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Aqueous synthesis of CdSe and CdSe/CdS quantum dots with controllable introduction of Se and S sources

A new and convenient route is developed to synthesize CdSe and core-shell CdSe/CdS quantum dots(QDs) in aqueous solution.The gaseous precursors,H2Se and H2S,generated on-line by reducing SeO 3 2à with NaBH 4 and the reaction between Na 2 S and diluted H2SO 4,are used to form high-quality CdSe and CdSe/CdS QDs,respectively.The synthesized water-soluble CdSe and CdSe/CdS QDs possess high quantum yield(3% and 20%) and narrow full-width-at-half-maximum(43 nm and 38 nm).The synthesis process is easily reproducible with simple apparatus and low-toxic chemicals,and can be readily extended to the large-scale aqueous synthesis of QDs.     

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ABOUT THIS JOURNAL Launched in 1988, the Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics （CJCP） is devoted to reporting new and original experimental and theoretical research on interdisciplinary areas, with chemistry and physics groundwork of interest to researchers, faculty and students domestic and abroad in the fields of chemistry, physics, material and biological sciences and their interdisciplinary areas.     

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＂Chemical Research in Chinese Universities＂ , sponsored by Jilin University mandated by the Ministry of Education of P. R. China and published by Higher Education Press in China and Elsevier Ltd. overseas, is a comprehensive academic journal in the field of chemistry. The journal contains original papers, research notes, letters and reviews written by faculty members, scientific researchers, postgraduates and graduate students of universities and colleges, and scientific institutes all over China and the world, and reports the latest and most creative results of important fundamental research in all aspects of chemistry and of developments with significant consequences across subdisciplines.     

A Highly Efficient and Stable Photocatalyst; N-Doped ZnO/CNT Composite Thin Film Synthesized via Simple Sol-Gel Drop Coating Method

The thin film of N-doped ZnO/CNT nanocomposite was successfully fabricated on soda lime glass substrate by a simple sol-gel drop-coating method. The structural, morphological, chemical, and optical properties of as prepared samples were characterized by a variety of tools such as X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and UV-visible spectroscopy. The hexagonal crystalline structure was confirmed from XRD measurement without any other impurity phase detection in samples. The N-doped ZnO/CNT composite showed excellent photo-catalytic activity towards cationic methylene blue (MB) dye degradation with 100% removal rate under UV light irradiation as compared to N-doped ZnO (65%) and pure ZnO (47.36%). The convincing performance has also been observed for the case of visible light irradiation. The enhancement of that photocatalytic activity might be due to narrowing the band gap as well as the reduction of electron–hole pair recombination in ZnO matrix with the incorporation of dopant nitrogen and CNT. It is assumed from the obtained results that N-doped ZnO/CNT nanocomposite thin film can be employed as an economically achievable and ecofriendly method to degrade dye with UV and visible light irradiation. Additionally, density functional theory (DFT) calculations were applied to explore the effect of N-doping on electronic structure of ZnO. The computational study has supported the experimental results of significant band gap contraction, which leads to the maximum absorption towards higher wavelength and no appreciable change of lattice parameters after doping. A conceivable photocatalytic mechanism of N-doped ZnO/CNT nanocomposite has been proposed as well.     

Preparation, characterization, and photocatalytic activity of polyaniline/ZnO nanocomposite

Polyaniline (PANI)/zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocomposite was synthesized by in-situ polymerization. X-ray diffraction patterns, UV?Cvisible spectroscopy, SEM, and TEM were used to characterize the composition and structure of the nanocomposite. Nanostructured PANI/ZnO composite was used as photocatalyst in the photodegradation of methylene blue dye molecules in aqueous solution. The photocatalytic activity of PANI/ZnO nanocomposite under UV and visible light irradiation was evaluated and was compared with that of ZnO nanoparticles. ZnO/PANI core?Cshell nanocomposite had greater photocatalytic activity than ZnO nanoparticles and pristine PANI under visible light irradiation. According to these results, application of PANI as a shell on the surface of ZnO nanoparticles causes the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the PANI/ZnO nanocomposite. Also UV?Cvisible spectroscopy studies showed that the absorption peak for PANI/ZnO nanocomposite has a red shift toward visible wavelengths compared with the ZnO nanoparticles and pristine PANI. The effect of different operating conditions on the photocatalytic performance of PANI/ZnO nanocomposite in the photodegradation of methylene blue dye molecules was investigated in a bath experimental setup.     

ZnO纳米管的光学性质及其对甲基橙降解的光催化活性

以十二烷基硫酸钠为模板剂采用水热法合成了ZnO纳米管,以尿素和ZnSO4为原料制备了ZnO纳米颗粒,并应用透射电镜、x射线衍射、光致发射光谱、拉曼光谱、比表面积测定、傅里叶红外光谱和紫外-可见漫反射光谱等技术对样品进行了表征.结果表明,ZnO纳米管的比表面积较大,在λ≈650nm的可见光波段ZnO纳米管开始出现吸收峰,而ZnO纳米颗粒在可见光波段几乎没有吸收.ZnO纳米管和纳米颗粒在紫外光照射下均对甲基橙有降解作用,其中ZnO纳米管的光催化活性较高.随着催化剂用量的增加和光照时间的延长,甲基橙降解率逐渐提高;甲基橙浓度的增大使甲基橙降解率降低.     

Facile fabrication of ZnO/N‐doped helical carbon nanotubes composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity toward organic pollutant degradation

Novel ZnO/N‐doped helical carbon nanotubes (ZnO/N‐HCNTs) composites were successfully synthesized via a facile chemical precipitation approach at room temperature. The sample was well characterized by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–vis DRS). The photocatalytic activity was evaluated in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) aqueous solution under UV light irradiation. It is found that ZnO nanoparticles were highly and uniformly anchored on the surface and inner tubes of the N‐HCNTs with size of about 5 nm, and significantly enhanced the photocatalytic activity compared to pure ZnO. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of ZnO/N‐HCNTs composites can be ascribed to the integrative synergistic effect of effective interfacial hybridization between N‐HCNTs and ZnO nanoparticles and the prolonged lifetime of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. Moreover, the ZnO/N‐HCNTs could be easily recycled without any obvious decrease in photocatalytic activity and could be promote their application in the area of environmental remediation.     

Synthesis and optoelectronic behavior of conjugated polymer poly(3‐hexylthiophene) grafted on multiwalled carbon nanotubes

A nanocomposite of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT) was prepared by grafting P3HT uniformly on the surface of CNTs (P3HT/P3HT‐g‐CNT) via a “grafting from” method with the coating thicknesses controlled. It was found that as the coating thickness decreased, the crystallinity of the P3HT decreased, along with significant red‐shifting of Raman that signified alterations of chain conformation. Furthermore, although the photoluminescence (PL) peak remained unchanged when grafted on CNTs, modifications of P3HT energy gap was observed, indicating variations of vibronic levels arising from the grafting. Moreover, broadening of the PL emission took place that suggested decreasing of lifetimes of the photo‐generated species when grafted on CNTs. Bilayer photovoltaic devices with the (6,6)‐phenyl C61‐butyric acid methyl ester as the electron acceptor have shown that the nanocomposite P3HT/P3HT‐g‐CNT performed much more efficiently as the electron donor, in both photocurrent density and power conversion efficiency, compared with the neat P3HT. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2011     

碳纳米管/ZnO纳米复合体的制备和表征

通过将不同直径的ZnO纳米颗粒与碳纳米管连接制备了碳纳米管/ZnO纳米复合体. 将团聚的ZnO纳米颗粒分散并用表面活性剂CTAB使纳米颗粒带正电. 化学氧化碳纳米管使其带负电. ZnO/CTAB微团通过碳管表面羧基与CTAB的静电作用与碳纳米管连接形成纳米复合体. 研究了复合体形成的不同实验条件, 表征了碳纳米管/ZnO纳米复合体的结构并研究了纳米复合体的光学特性. 研究表明, 与碳纳米管连接的ZnO纳米颗粒是互不连接的并保持量子点的特性. 光致发光研究表明ZnO纳米颗粒的激发在纳米复合体中有淬灭.     

Synthesis of Nano‐Sized Zinc Oxide Photocatalyst by Combustion Method

The objective of this research was to use combustion synthesis to create a nano‐sized ZnO photocatalyst using citric acid as the fuel and zinc nitrate as the oxidant. The starting materials were mixed in a stoichiometric ratio, and a slurry precursor with high homogeneity was formed. The precursor was ignited at room temperature, resulting in dry, loose, and voluminous ZnO powders. The powders, characterized by SEM, TEM and XRD, showed a particle size range of 40 to 80 nm with a wurtzite structure. The ZnO powders were introduced as a photocatalyst for the degradation of methyl orange, which was adopted as a model compound. UV light (6W) was used as the irradiation source to induce synthesized ZnO powders to perform catalytic activity. The photocatalytic reaction was executed in 40 mL of a 10 ppm methyl orange aqueous solution under 254 nm UV illumination. In this work, it was observed that both UV light and ZnO powders are needed for the photocatalytic reaction. In addition, it was found that increasing the amount of ZnO powder present in the MO (methyl orange‐C₁₄H₁₄N₃NaO₃S) solution did not correlate directly with an increase in photocatalytic ability. It was found that the scattering problem of UV light also needs to be considered. The optimized photocatalytic degradation ratio in this work reached 92.7%.     

Binary Au/MWCNT and Ternary Au/ZnO/MWCNT Nanocomposites: Synthesis,Characterisation and Catalytic Performance

Gold nanoparticles of 10–24 and 5–8 nm in size were obtained by chemical citrate reduction and UV photoreduction, respectively, on acid‐treated multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and on ZnO/MWCNT composites. The shape and size of the deposited Au nanoparticles were found to be dependent upon the synthetic method used. Single‐crystalline, hexagonal gold particles were produced in the case of UV photoreduction on ZnO/MWCNT, whereas spherical Au particles were deposited on MWCNT when the chemical citrate reduction method was used. In the UV photoreduction route, n‐doped ZnO serves as the e^? donor, whereas the solvent is the hole trap. All materials were fully characterised by UV/Vis spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and BET surface analysis. The catalytic activity of the composites was studied for the selective hydrogenation of α,β‐unsaturated carbonyl compound 3,7‐dimethyl‐2,6‐octadienal (citral). The Au/ZnO/MWCNT composite favours the formation of unsaturated alcohols (selectivity=50 % at a citral conversion of 20 %) due to the presence of single‐crystalline, hexagonal gold particles, whereas saturated aldehyde formation is favoured in the case of the Au/MWCNT nanocomposite that contains spherical gold particles.     

Photodegradation of Rhodamine B on Sulfur Doped ZnO/TiO2 Nanocomposite Photocatalyst under Visible-light Irradiation

Sulfur doped ZnO/TiO₂ nanocomposite photocatalysts were synthesized by a facile sol‐gel method. The structure and properties of catalysts were characterized by X‐ray diffraction (XRD), X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), UV‐vis diffusive reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) and N₂ desorption‐adsorption isotherm. The XRD study showed that TiO₂ was anatase phase and there was no obvious difference in crystal composition of various S‐ZnO/TiO₂. The XPS study showed that the Zn element exists as ZnO and S atoms form SO^2?₄. The prepared samples had mesoporosity revealed by N₂ desorption‐adsorption isotherm result. The degradation of Rhodamine B dye under visible light irradiation was chosen as probe reaction to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the ZnO/TiO₂ nanocomposite. The commercial TiO₂ photocatalyst (Degussa P25) was taken as standard photocatalyst to contrast the prepared different photocatalyst in current work. The improvement of the photocatalytic activity of S‐ZnO/TiO₂ composite photocatalyst can be attributed to the suitable energetic positions between ZnO and TiO₂, the acidity site caused by sulfur doping and the enlargement of the specific area. S‐3.0ZnO/TiO₂ exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity under visible light irradiation after Zn amount was optimized, which was 2.6 times higher than P25.     

Conjugated polymer‐functionalized graphite oxide sheets thin films for enhanced photovoltaic properties of polymer solar cells

In this study, the maleimide‐thiophene copolymer‐functionalized graphite oxide sheets (PTM21‐GOS) and carbon nanotubes (PTM21‐CNT) were developed for polymer solar cell (PSC) applications. The grafting of PTM21‐OH onto the CNT and GO sheets was confirmed using FTIR spectroscopy. PTM21‐CNT and PTM21‐GOS exhibited excellent dispersal behavior in organic solvents. Better thermal stability was observed for PTM21‐CNT and PTM21‐GOS as compared with that for PTM21‐OH. In addition, the optical band gaps of PTM21‐GOS and PTM21‐CNT were lower than that of PTM21‐OH. We incorporated PTM21‐GOS and PTM21‐CNT individually into poly(3‐hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/[6,6]‐phenyl‐C₆₁‐butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) blends for use as photoconversion layers of PSCs. Good distributional homogeneity was observed for PTM21‐GOS or PTM21‐CNT in the P3HT/PCBM blend film. The UV–vis absorption peaks of the blend films red‐shifted slightly upon increasing the content of PTM21‐GOS or PTM21‐CNT. The band gap energies and LUMO/HOMO energy levels of the P3HT/PTM21‐GOS and P3HT/PTM21‐CNT blend films were slightly lower than those of the P3HT film. The conjugated polymer‐functionalized PTM21‐GOS and PTM21‐CNT behaved as efficient electron acceptors and as charge‐transport assisters when incorporated into the photoactive layers of the PSCs. PV performance of the PSCs was enhanced after incorporating PTM21‐GOS or PTM21‐CNT in the P3HT/PCBM blend. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys, 2013